CME Group reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,325 total reviews)
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Terry Duffy

78% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

CME Group has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,325 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CME Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Sep 13, 2017

Good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Yearly Bonus, free gym, discounts -Decent work/life balance

Cons

-Getting projects going can be slow -Rigid promotion process, promotions only happen once a year

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CME Group Response
8y
We appreciate your recommendation. With respect to your feedback on our promotion process, promotions at CME Group happen twice a year – in the February/March timeframe and again in September/October.
4.0
Jun 15, 2017

Director, Marketing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great teamwork, advanced marketing platforms, strong leader. The firm has a lot of intelligent people contributing new ideas.

Cons

Matrix reporting can turn political. Frequent reorg and changing of reporting lines.

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CME Group Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We’re proud to be an industry leader with some of the smartest people in the business working together to move our company forward. We appreciate your years of service and wish you all the best in your career pursuits.
3.0
Apr 30, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work-life balance & benefits. Agile environment with independence among teams and individuals. Good salary with bonuses. Great place for learning about financial derivatives. Individual initiative is well received.

Cons

Too much bureocracy with understaffed operations team. Slow career development. Not very exciting technology-wise.

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CME Group Response
9y
Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re glad to hear you’re having a positive experience across so many dimensions of the employee experience. With respect to your other comments, technology is the largest division at the company, employing roughly 40% of our workforce. Given the key role technology plays in developing our business around the world, we’re focused on keeping CME Group on the cutting edge and continue to invest in enhancing our systems and developing new solutions for our clients.
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